Ring off head off to the beauty
Parlour make it sickening again
A salvation army of Polaroid
People will come to your aid
But the cradle days are gone
And I'm left alone
With the shadow of an image
The good-time colours of the road sound
As empty as a disco
In the modern age
And so we've aged
Tell me what is the point
Of being close if we're not together
Tell me what is the point
Of being close if we're not together
If we're not together
Remembering the memories
We never got to make is no cure
For sadness on an industrial scale
The council estate looks
A lot like a maze
And every turn every corner wears
Your face is there a place
Where you're not
I've no escape and even less imagination
When it comes to pretending I forgot
You're with somebody else
Tell me what is the point of being
Close if we're not together
Tell me what is the point of being
Close if we're not together
If we're not together
Tell me what is the point of being
Close if we're not together
Tell me what is the point of being
Close if we're not together